When you go to a PPT to discuss the IEP with PPS members it can be overwhelming to keep up with all of the acronyms and terms.
Accommodation: A change of teaching techniques, environment or materials.
Annual Review: The meeting to take place each year to review progress and discuss the plan moving forward.
BIP: Behavior intervention plan
Co-Taught: A classroom that is a mix of special education and general education students that is taught by both a general education teacher and special education teacher in tandem.
DIBELS: A reading assessment given to all students (varies by school).
Due Process: The legal process that you can formally use if you disagree with the school.
ELA: English Language Arts
Evaluation: A standardized assessment conducted to gain information in different areas such as cognitive, academic, speech and language, fine motor, gross motor, social/emotional and behavioral.
FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA: Functional Behavioral Analysis
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE: Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP: Individualized Education Plan
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
Manifestation Determination: A meeting to determine if a change of placement is necessary because the child has violated a school code.
Modification: A change in the expectation of the child to learn.
Review and Revise: A meeting that takes place in between annual reviews to review or revise the IEP.
SBAC: A statewide assessment to measure your child’s progress towards common core state standards in ELA and Math.
Self Contained: A classroom that consists of only special education students.
PLOP: Present Levels of Performance
PPS: Pupil Personnel Service
PPT: Planning Placement Team
Prior Written Notice (PWN): A formal letter the school sends to the parents or guardians that documents changes.
Progress Report: A document that marks the progress your child has been making with each marking period.
